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THE CATALYST PODCAST NAMIBIA

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THE CATALYST PODCAST NAMIBIA

Windhoek Observer
The Hidden Third

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The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller
Modern Wisdom

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Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson
Because We Said So

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Because We Said So

Zama Marubelela; Landiwe Gama
The Media Show

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The Media Show

BBC Radio 4
Hey Jonas!

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Hey Jonas!

iHeartPodcasts
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

17 hr ago

Ok, We’re All Going Through It! Ft. Rhythm And Vibes

In this week’s episode of Because We Said So, we are back with another Dilemmas episode! This time, we are joined by the two hosts of Rhythm & Vibes, Kagiso and Hlomani as we unpack some of your most complicated, chaotic and questionable dilemmas. Don’t forget to vote for Because We Said So for podcast of the year award using the link below. https://sasma.co.za/podcast-of-the-year/
1 day ago

How Women are Punished in the Workforce with Stefanie O'Connell

Women are told to lean in, hustle harder, and be the girlboss, and then penalized for doing exactly that, which is the contradiction Stefanie O'Connell takes apart in her book The Ambition Penalty. In this episode of Charlie's Toolbox, Stefanie talks about what she personally wanted from girlboss feminism, the moment the spell broke for her, and why the word "ambitious" so often lands as a critique when it is applied to a woman. The conversation moves through the research on how institutions rather than women's behavior create the penalty, what it takes to name that out loud without apologizing for it, and what choosing yourself looks like inside a system that charges you for it. Stefanie also shares what writing the book cost her and what it gave back to her. If you have ever been told you were too driven, too much, or too ambitious by the same rooms that asked you to perform ambition, this conversation gives you the language for it. *Connect with Stefanie* Website: [Stefanie O'Connell – Too Ambitious](https://tooambitious.com/) Book: [The Ambition Penalty on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Ambition-Penal...) Instagram: [@stefanieoconnell]( / stefanieoconnell ) Want more from us, join our Substack Follow our Instagram
2 days ago

Are You Choosing Yourself or Just Keeping Everyone Happy?

Sometimes choosing yourself feels selfish. In this episode of Seated With, Lebo and Thato Rampedi unpack what happens when constantly showing up for everyone else starts costing you yourself. From people-pleasing and struggling to say no, to spending money to prove your worth, staying in relationships and habits you’ve outgrown, and the guilt that comes with setting boundaries, this conversation gets into the uncomfortable parts of choosing yourself again. When does loyalty become self-betrayal? Can you love someone and still know it’s time to leave? And how do you choose yourself without becoming selfish? With honest stories, challenging questions and a few games that put everyone in difficult situations, this is a conversation about losing yourself, recognising the pattern, and remembering that you’re someone worth choosing too. It’s time to pick you again. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
11 Mar

EPISODE 3: 73 QUESTIONS… BUT MAKE IT 37

This week, Armani puts Landi in the hot seat with 37 Questions - a rapid-fire interview inspired by Vogue’s iconic 73 Questions. From learning what you can order Landi at the bar and picking up a beauty tip or two, to her questionable favourite Lip-Ice brand and the occasional boyfriend cameo in her answers, it’s a quick way for listeners to get to know Landi a little better. Before the interrogation begins, the hosts revisit a few of the more entertaining AI transcript mistakes from their previous episode and catch up on their weekends - though it wouldn’t quite be true to themselves if they didn’t circle back to some of the 37 questions along the way to dive a little deeper, including their shared (or rather - aspirational) love of reading.
6 May

Is Closure A Scam?

This week on Because We Said So, we’re asking: is closure a scam or do we actually need it to move on? We talk relationships, ghosting, and why unanswered questions hit so hard. Plus, The Trials of Winnie Mandela, Metro FM Awards highlights, and Megan Thee Stallion’s breakup
16 Sept

The Vigilante Hunting Bullies, Scammers and Predators

Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/HIDDENTHIRD and use code HIDDENTHIRD and get $150 if you win your first $5 lineup! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MARIANA at https://www.oneskin.co/MARIANA #oneskinpod James McGibney is the man who took down Hunter Moore, the "King of Revenge Porn" behind the notorious site Is Anyone Up. He infiltrated Moore's operation, bought the site out from under him for less than $15,000, and turned it into an anti-bullying platform. That story became the hit Netflix documentary The Most Hated Man on the Internet. But that was more than a decade ago. Today James, a former Marine and cybercrime investigator, is going after something much bigger and much darker. In this episode of The Hidden Third, Mariana Van Zeller sits down with James to talk about his current investigation into two loosely connected online networks called The Com and 764. The Com is a sprawling group of mostly young people, some as young as 15 and 16, who trade stolen data, run crypto scams that have drained hundreds of millions of dollars from ordinary people, swat their enemies, and in some cases prey on underage girls. 764 is the offshoot that has captured the FBI's attention for coercing minors into producing sexual and self-harm content, sometimes pushing them to suicide. James walks Mariana through how he traced these networks from low-level "script kiddies" all the way up to what he calls the head of the snake in Pakistan. Along the way he uncovered a billionaire's son who allegedly trafficked a 16-year-old girl into Miami and beat her on tape, a teenage girl who laughed on a recorded call as her crypto scam victim killed himself, and a group of young men flashing quarter-million-dollar nights at Miami clubs while underage girls walked past bouncers uncarded. The conversation moves through the sextortion crisis pushing American teenagers to suicide before their parents ever find out, why crypto scams have quietly surpassed drug trafficking as the most profitable criminal enterprise in the world, and somewhat of a disagreement between Mariana and James over cheaters.com and the question of who the bully actually is when you publicly out someone for cheating. It also goes somewhere personal. James opens up about his own childhood in foster care and about watching his foster sister be sexually abused. He talks about why every case he takes on today, he takes on for her. There is a lot more in this one. A guy in Texas moving faster than the FBI because subpoenas take months and he doesn't. Living armed, with private security at the house, because that is now the cost of doing this work. An ISIS hit list. More than a thousand death threats sitting in his Instagram inbox right now. And a very simple explanation of why you should never, ever connect to the free Wi-Fi at your hotel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6 days ago

The Brutal Reality For Most Men Today (& how to fix it) - Dr K HealthyGamer - #1151

Dr K is a psychiatrist, Harvard Medical School instructor, co-founder of Healthy GamerGG, Twitch streamer and a YouTuber. Why do so many young men feel stuck? From porn and gambling to video games, distractions and instant gratification seem harder to escape than ever. So how do you break free from the habits holding you back? And can you find a healthy balance between enjoying the moment and building a more fulfilling life? Expect to learn what actually happens to your brain when you gamble, watch porn and play video games, why so many men are addicted to these vices, what prediction markets are doing to the minds of the younger generation, if AI therapy is actually good enough for most people's problems, what everyone got wrong about the Lindsay Clancy case and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠ Timestamps: (00:00) Why Young Men Are So Vulnerable to Addiction (04:55) Are Video Games Actually Bad for You? (13:59) Why Gambling Is a Terrible Success Strategy (22:45) Are AI and GLP-1s Doing More Harm Than Good? (28:21) The Binge Eating to Eating Disorder Pipeline (38:01) What Gambling Does to Your Brain (43:54) Why We Get Hooked on Dopamine Hits (50:16) How to Rebuild Your Tolerance for Boredom (57:44) Can Addictive Behaviours Ever Be Safe? (59:40) Is Addiction a Choice or a Compulsion? (01:04:07) Have We Been Lied to About GLP-1s? (01:13:36) Should Men Retrain Their Penis? (01:33:18) How Social Anxiety Impacts Your Sex Life (01:37:17) Are Sex Toys Making Women Harder to Satisfy? (01:43:33) Can AI Companions Actually Cure Loneliness? (01:47:52) Can AI Trigger Psychosis? (01:50:23) Is AI Therapy the Future of Mental Health? (01:52:49) Are Therapists Turning Parents Into the Villain? (02:11:26) Was Lindsay Clancy Experiencing Psychosis? (02:27:35) Can Psychosis Involve Premeditation? (02:33:31) Did Lindsay Clancy’s Medication Lead Her to Murder? (02:34:49) Was Lindsay Failed by the Healthcare System? (02:37:37) Why the Lindsay Clancy Case Divides Men and Women (02:45:57) How Social Media Distorts the Lindsay Clancy Case (02:55:47) How Long Can a Psychotic Episode Last? (02:58:46) What Does a Mistrial Mean for Lindsay Clancy? (03:02:02) What’s Next for Dr K? Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/books⁠ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: ⁠https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom⁠ Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠ #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠ #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast⁠ Email: ⁠https://chriswillx.com/contact⁠ - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 days ago

#GCSLIVE| SCAMMERS BEWARE! AND THE FIGHT FOR THE CAPITAL| LEIGH ANN AND CILLIERS BRINK

Gareth and Leigh Ann kick off with stories about Damon and Leigh Ann's first meeting with Sam Cowan — plus the comments section weighs in, as always. Then, Jarrett Booysen, founder of SEQFLO, joins the show to talk about how getting scammed out of thousands of rands led him to build a secure digital trust platform for private online transactions. Finally, Cilliers Brink of the DA returns to the show, sharing his advice for voters ahead of the November 2026 local government elections and his campaign to become Tshwane's mayor again.
21 hr ago · Video

The One Big Reveal From Taylor Swift That The World Missed & Netflix’s Controversial New Show

Joe Alwyn and Mary Beth Barone had the internet convinced they were secretly dating, and now we know the truth is far more calculated. We're unpacking the hard launch nobody saw coming.Almost 30 years after the tragic death of JonBenét Ramsey, Netflix is revisiting the case that gripped the world. Melissa McCarthy is playing Patsy Ramsey, and in her first interview about the role she's done something most actors wouldn't dare: she's picked a side.Finally, Taylor Swift has dropped a surprise new song, and the Swifties have been working overtime. From zeros hidden in lyrics to a cinema sign we all missed, we're decoding every clue and asking the big question: is the showgirl era ending, or just getting started?TAKE THE SPILL'S WEEKLY POP CULTURE QUIZ HERE Become a Mamamia subscriber and get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts and early listening, subscriber-only articles, monthly giveaways and our home workout app, MOVE. SUBSCRIPTION GIVEAWAY: The You Beauty hosts have bundled together their all-time favourite beauty products and two Mamamia subscribers are winning the lot. Subscribe to Mamamia to be automatically entered to win. Current subscriber? You're already in the draw. T&Cs apply. Get access to Very Peri, Mamamia's exclusive perimenopause series, for just $59. 25 world-leading experts, over 20 on-demand sessions, available now. We’ve sorted through the noise so you don't have to. Go to veryperi.com.au and join me today. You hot? Same. Buy today and save 40%THE END BITS Find and follow us on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespillpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thespillpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thespillpodcast/ Support independent women's media Want to join the conversation? Have feedback or a topic you want us to discuss? Send us a voice message or email us at thespill@mamamia.com.auand we’ll get back to you ASAP! Hosts: Executive Producer: Monisha Iswaran Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast. Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 hr ago

Short Stuff: Mabon

Mabon is often called the Pagan Thanksgiving but though it seems like it’s as ancient as Halloween, it’s actually only around 50 years old. But, pagan or not, it’s a great chance to really feel the fall and thank Mother Earth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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